Khürt WilliamsWood Duck at Lake Carnegie Dam
Dismissed as Mallards in the field.
David GorslineAn update on nesting season for #WoodDuck #AixSponsa #WODU and #HoodedMerganser #LophodytesCucullatus #HOME at Huntley Meadows Park: 4 boxes have hatched out; 5 boxes have clutches that are incubating. Box #7 (pictured) hatched and fledged an estimated 13 #HOME ducklings, leaving 1 egg unhatched.
Another nesting season for #WoodDuck #AixSponsa #WODU and #HoodedMerganser #LophodytesCucullatus #HOME is chugging along at Huntley Meadows Park. We have 4 boxes with clutches incubating, and eggs in another 4 boxes. Box #62 (pictured) was replaced this year, and already has a clutch of 10 eggs, with perhaps more to come. We expect hatching in late April-early May.
Looking Up for Wood Ducks
A spring morning search for Wood Ducks in Princeton’s Institute Woods turns into a lesson about looking up—and knowing your lens limits.
Nesting activity in our boxes for #HOME #HoodedMerganser #LophodytesCucullatus and #WODU #WoodDuck #AixSponsa is starting to wind down, with 7 boxes successfully fledged. But we still have 3, maybe more, boxes active.
CosminO rață cu ochi de șoim și un călifar roșu pe lacul Noua din Brașov, la o aruncătură de băț de grădina zoologică.
#TadornaFerruginea #AixSponsa #AnasPlatyrhynchos #Brașov #rațe #păsări
#TadornaFerruginea #AixSponsa #AnasPlatyrhynchos #Brașov #rațe #păsări
Steve SimonsMale wood duck on the water at #MartinMere.
#MyPhoto #MyWork #bird #BirdPhotography #duck #DuckPhotography #wildfowl #WoodDuck #AixSponsa #male #water #reflection #nature #NaturePhotography #wildlife #WildlifePhotography #outdoors #UK #OC
#MyPhoto #MyWork #bird #BirdPhotography #duck #DuckPhotography #wildfowl #WoodDuck #AixSponsa #male #water #reflection #nature #NaturePhotography #wildlife #WildlifePhotography #outdoors #UK #OC
refreshed #introduction
#citizenScientist in Reston, VA in the suburbs of Washington, DC · coordinator for long-term project at Huntley Meadows Park, monitoring #nestBox activity of #WoodDuck (#AixSponsa) and #HoodedMerganser (#LophodytesCucullatus) · https://vnps.org · http://www.virginiamasternaturalist.org · #invasive plant removal & #habitatRestoration · #retired #software engineer from https://www.npr.org · #communityTheater · Northwestern Univ (BA), Univ of Pennsylvania (MBA)
For 2024, our nest boxes at Huntley Meadows Park fledged 2 clutches of #HoodedMerganser #LophodytesCucullatus and 9 clutches of #WoodDuck #AixSponsa. We lost one clutch to predation by Black Ratsnake.
Khürt WilliamsWood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Inspired by Michael Stephen Wills' post on wild ducks, I ventured to Charles H. Rogers Wildlife Refuge, capturing these elegant Wood Ducks.
https://islandinthenet.com/wood-duck-aix-sponsa/
#AixSponsa #Bird #BirdPhotography #CharlesHRogersWildlifeRefuge #Duck #MercerCounty #PrincetonTownship #WildlifePhotography #WoodDuck
